Pattern brush preview problem

[jaanusk10990315]

Hello everybody!

I have a problem that I can not solve. I created a simple pattern brush in illustrator. Brush works fine but after saving the file and reopening it preview box in brush menu is blank white box. Brush is working fine. If I replace the brush ornament it becomes visible but after saving and reopening it is gone again.

Here is also link to the file with problematic brush.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BoYdHe2zLcj13fCYjNpEaSNrhxi6upJ8

[Andrei Koziakov]

Hi
I can't say what exactly is wrong with graphics, but what you can do and it works in my case:
— save the document as PDF

— then open this PDF in Illustrator and copy graphics from PDF
— paste the graphics back into the first document and create a new pattern brush from it

— the preview of this new pattern brush will be visible after reopening

Copying graphics into InDesign for example and then copying back to Illustrator also can be useful.

[jaanusk10990315]

Thank you to showing the right direction.
Saving to PDF and copying to first document did not work for me. workflow that worked was
— Save as PDF. Open PDF in Illustrator

— Copy graphic from PDF to InDesign

— Copy graphic from InDesign to Illustrator

— Remove clipping paths

— Create new pattern brush

[tromboniator]

I have not figured out what's going on with your brush, but if you put a filled, closed path (such as a rectangle) behind the ornament, select it all, choose Pathfinder > Minus Front, then Object > Compound Path > Release and make a brush from the result, it stays visible in the Brushes panel when you reopen the document.

Peter

[ceyhun_akgun]

Pick the object, group, you can make UNGROUP.

Open the PathFinder panel Select UNITE.

Use NEW PATTERN BRUSH from Brush Panel.